Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

I heard Abi Amr 'Ash-Shaibani saying, "The owner of this house." he pointed
to 'Abdullah's house, "said, 'I asked the Prophet 'Which deed is loved most by
Allah?" He replied, 'To offer prayers at their early (very first) stated
times.' " 'Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet said,
"To be good and dutiful to one's parents," 'Abdullah asked, "What is the next
(in goodness)?" The Prophet said, To participate in Jihad for Allah's Cause."
'Abdullah added, "The Prophet narrated to me these three things, and if I had
asked more, he would have told me more."

A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is more
entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet said,
"Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother."
The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man
asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your father. "

Allah's Apostle said. "It is one of the greatest sins that a man should
curse his parents." It was asked (by the people), "O Allah's Apostle! How does
a man curse his parents?" The Prophet said, "'The man abuses the father of
another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his
mother."

Allah's Apostle said, "While three persons were traveling, they were
overtaken by rain and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock
fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to
each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's
sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah
may relieve you from your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my
parents who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I used to
work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I
used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my
children. And one day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my
sheep), and didn't return home till late at night and found that my parents
had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk vessel and
stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I
also disliked to give the milk to my children before my parents though my
children were crying (from hunger) at my feet.

So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!)
If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then
please let there be an opening through which we can see the sky.' So Allah
made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the second
person said, 'O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate
man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her
one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected one hundred Dinars and
went to her with that But when I sat in between her legs (to have sexual
intercourse with her), she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not
deflower me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If
you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure then please
let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.'

So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them. And the last
(third) person said 'O Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq
(a certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he demanded his
wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take
it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till managed to
buy with the price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the
laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not
be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows
and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You
considered that I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove
the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them (from their
difficulty)."

The Prophet said, "Allah has forbidden you ( 1 ) to be undutiful to your
mothers (2) to withhold (what you should give) or (3) demand (what you do not
deserve), and (4) to bury your daughters alive. And Allah has disliked that
(A) you talk too much about others ( B), ask too many questions (in religion),
or (C) waste your property."

Allah's Apostle said thrice, "Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the
great sins?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle" He said, "To join partners in
worship with Allah: to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet sat up
after he had been reclining and added, "And I warn you against giving forged
statement and a false witness; I warn you against giving a forged statement
and a false witness." The Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought
that he would not stop.

Allah's Apostle mentioned the greatest sins or he was asked about the
greatest sins. He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a
soul which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undutiful or unkind to one's
parents." The Prophet added, "Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great
sins? That is the forged statement or the false witness." Shu'ba (the
sub-narrator) states that most probably the Prophet said, "the false witness."

My mother came to me, hoping (for my favor) during the lifetime of the
Prophet asked the Prophet, "May I treat her kindly?" He replied, "Yes." Ibn
'Uyaina said, "Then Allah revealed: 'Allah forbids you not with regards to
those who fought not against you because of religion, and drove you not out
from your homes, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with
them.'.......(60.8)

My father, seeing a silken cloak being sold, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Buy
this and wear it on Fridays and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to
you." He said, "This is worn only by that person who will have no share in the
Hereafter." Later a few silken cloaks were given to the Prophet as a gift, and
he sent one of those cloaks to 'Umar. 'Umar said (to the Prophet), "How can I
wear it while you have said about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I did
not give it to you to wear but to sell or to give to someone else to wear." So
'Umar sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of Mecca
before he ('Umar's brother) embraced Islam.

A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Inform me of a deed which will make me
enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the
matter with him?" Allah's Apostle said, "He has something to ask (what he
needs greatly)." The Prophet said (to him), (In order to enter Paradise) you
should worship Allah and join none in worship with Him: You should offer
prayers perfectly, give obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations
with your Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!" (The sub-narrator said, "It
seems that the Prophet was riding his she camel."

The Prophet said, "Allah created the creations, and when He finished from
His creations, Ar-Rahm i.e., womb said, "(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge
with You from all those who sever me (i.e. sever the ties of Kith and kin).
Allah said, 'Yes, won't you be pleased that I will keep good relations with
the one who will keep good relations with you, and I will sever the relation
with the one who will sever the relations with you.' It said, 'Yes, O my
Lord.' Allah said, 'Then that is for you ' " Allah's Apostle added. "Read (in
the Qur'an) if you wish, the Statement of Allah: 'Would you then, if you were
given the authority, do mischief in the land and sever your ties of kinship?'
(47.22)

The Prophet said, "The word 'Ar-Rahm (womb) derives its name from Ar-Rahman
(i.e., one of the names of Allah) and Allah said: 'I will keep good relation
with the one who will keep good relation with you, (womb i.e. Kith and Kin)
and sever the relation with him who will sever the relation with you, (womb,
i.e. Kith and Kin).

(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet said, "The word 'Ar-Rahm' (womb)
derives its name from 'Ar-Rahman' (i.e. Allah). So whosoever keeps good
relations with it (womb i.e. Kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations
with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of Kith and kin)
Allah too will sever His relations with him.

I heard the Prophet saying openly not secretly, "The family of Abu
so-and-so (i.e. Talib) are not among my protectors." 'Amr said that there was
a blank space (1) in the Book of Muhammad bin Ja'far. He added, "My Protector
is Allah and the righteous believing people." 'Amr bin Al-'As added: I heard
the Prophet saying, 'But they (that family) have kinship (Rahm) with me and I
will be good and dutiful to them. "

The Prophet said, "Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to
him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with
those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him."

That he said, "O Allah's Apostle! What do you think about my good deeds
which I used to do during the period of ignorance (before embracing Islam)
like keeping good relations with my Kith and kin, manumitting of slaves and
giving alms etc; Shall I receive the reward for that?" Allah's Apostle said,
"You have embraced Islam with all those good deeds which you did.

Um Khalid bint Khalid bin Said said, "I came to Allah's Apostle along with
my father and I was wearing a yellow shirt. Allah's Apostle said, "Sanah
Sanah!" ('Abdullah, the sub-narrator said, "It means, 'Nice, nice!' in the
Ethiopian language.") Um Khalid added, "Then I started playing with the seal
of Prophethood. My father admonished me. But Allah's Apostle said (to my
father), "Leave her," Allah's Apostle (then addressing me) said, "May you live
so long that your dress gets worn out, and you will mend it many times, and
then wear another till it gets worn out (i.e. May Allah prolong your life)."
(The sub-narrator, 'Abdullah aid, "That garment (which she was wearing
remained usable for a long

(the wife of the Prophet) A lady along with her two daughters came to me
asking me (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which
I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and then she got
up and went away. Then the Prophet came in and I informed him about this
story. He said, "Whoever is in charge of (put to test by) these daughters and
treats them generously, then they will act as a shield for him from the (Hell)
Fire."

The Prophet came out towards us, while carrying Umamah, the daughter of Abi
Al-As (his grand-daughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, and when he wanted to
bow, he put her down, and when he stood up, he lifted her up.

Allah's Apostle kissed Al-Hasan bin Ali while Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamim
was sitting beside him. Al-Aqra said, "I have ten children and I have never
kissed anyone of them," Allah's Apostle cast a look at him and said, "Whoever
is not merciful to others will not be treated mercifully."

Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners, children and woman only) were brought before
the Prophet and behold, a woman amongst them was milking her breasts to feed
and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it over her
chest and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him) the
Prophet said to us, "Do you think that this lady can throw her son in the
fire?" We replied, "No, if she has the power not to throw it (in the fire)."
The Prophet then said, "Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to
her son."

I heard Allah's Apostle saying, Allah divided Mercy into one-hundred parts
and He kept its ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down its one part on the
earth, and because of that, its one single part, His creations are Merciful to
each other, so that even the mare lifts up its hoofs away from its baby
animal, lest it should trample on it."

I said 'O Allah's Apostle! Which sin is the greatest?" He said, "To set up
a rival unto Allah, though He Alone created you." I said, "What next?" He
said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you." I further
asked, "What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the
wife of your neighbor." And then Allah revealed as proof of the statement of
the Prophet: 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god).................
(to end of verse)...' (25.68)

The Prophet took a child in his lap for Tahnik (i.e. he chewed a date in
his mouth and put its juice in the mouth of the child). The child urinated on
him, so he asked for water and poured it over the place of the urine.

I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had
died three years before the Prophet married me, and that was because I heard
him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her
the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and
because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her
friends.

The Prophet said "The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a
poor person, is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause or like a person who
fasts during the day and prays all the night." Narrated Abu Huraira that the
Prophet said as above.

Allah's Apostle said, "The one who looks after and works for a widow and
for a poor person is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause." (The narrator
Al-Qa'nabi is not sure whether he also said "Like the one who prays all the
night without slackness and fasts continuously and never breaks his fast.")

We came to the Prophet and we were (a few) young men of approximately equal
age and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were
anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we had left behind to look
after our families, and we told him. He was kindhearted and merciful, so he
said, "Return to your families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order
them (to do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering
my prayers, and when the stated time for the prayer becomes due, then one of
you should pronounce its call (i.e. the Adhan), and the eldest of you should
lead you in prayer.

Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was walking on a road. he became very
thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water)
and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of
excessive thirst. The man said to himself "This dog is suffering from the same
state of thirst as I did." So he went down the well (again) and filled his
shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked
him for that deed and forgave him." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Is
there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He said, "(Yes) There is a
reward for serving any animate (living being) ."

Allah's Apostle stood up for the prayer and we too stood up along with him.
Then a bedouin shouted while offering prayer. "O Allah! Bestow Your Mercy on
me and Muhammad only and do not bestow it on anybody else along with us." When
the Prophet had finished his prayer with Taslim, he said to the Bedouin, "You
have limited (narrowed) a very vast (thing)," meaning Allah's Mercy.

Allah's Apostle said, "You see the believers as regards their being
merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind,
resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the
whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it."

The Prophet said, "By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not
believe! By Allah, he does not believe!" It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his
evil."

Allah's Apostle said, "Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day
should not harm his neighbor, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last
Day should entertain his guest generously and anybody who believes in Allah
and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet. (i.e. abstain from
all kinds of evil and dirty talk).

My ears heard and my eyes saw the Prophet when he spoke, "Anybody who
believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously, and
anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should serve his guest
generously by giving him his reward." It was asked. "What is his reward, O
Allah's Apostle?" He said, "(To be entertained generously) for a day and a
night with high quality of food and the guest has the right to be entertained
for three days (with ordinary food) and if he stays longer, what he will be
provided with will be regarded as Sadaqa (a charitable gift). And anybody who
believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quite
(i.e. abstain from all kinds of dirty and evil talks)."

The Prophet said, "On every Muslim there is enjoined (a compulsory) Sadaqa
(alms)." They (the people) said, "If one has nothing?' He said, "He should
work with his hands so that he may benefit himself and give in charity." They
said, "If he cannot work or does not work?" He said, "Then he should help the
oppressed unhappy person (by word or action or both)." They said, "If he does
not do it?" He said, "Then he should enjoin what is good (or said what is
reasonable).' They said, "If he does not do that''' He said, "Then he should
refrain from doing evil, for that will be considered for Him as a Sadaqa
(charity) . "

The Prophet mentioned the (Hell) Fire and sought refuge (with Allah) from
it, and turned his face to the other side. He mentioned the (Hell) Fire again
and took refuge (with Allah) from it and turned his face to the other side.
(Shu'ba, the sub-narrator, said, "I have no doubt that the Prophet repeated it
twice.") The Prophet then said, "(O people!) Save yourselves from the (Hell)
Fire even if with one half of a date fruit (given in charity), and if this is
not available, then (save yourselves) by saying a good pleasant friendly
word."

(the wife of the Prophet) A group of Jews entered upon the Prophet and
said, "As-Samu-Alaikum." (i.e. death be upon you). I understood it and said,
"Wa-Alaikum As-Samu wal-la'n. (death and the curse of Allah be Upon you)."
Allah's Apostle said "Be calm, O 'Aisha! Allah loves that on, should be kind
and lenient in all matters." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Haven't you heard
what they (the Jews) have said?" Allah's Apostle said "I have (already) said
(to them) "And upon you ! "

A bedouin urinated in the mosque and the people ran to (beat) him. Allah's
Apostle said, "Do not interrupt his urination (i.e. let him finish)." Then the
Prophet asked for a tumbler of water and poured the water over the place of
urine.

The Prophet said, "A believer to another believer is like a building whose
different parts enforce each other." The Prophet then clasped his hands with
the fingers interlaced. (At that time) the Prophet was sitting and a man came
and begged or asked for something. The Prophet faced us and said, "Help and
recommend him and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring
about what He will through His Prophet's tongue."

Whenever a beggar or a person in need came to the Prophet, the Prophet
would say "Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it, and
Allah will bring about what he will through His Prophet's tongue

Abdullah bin 'Amr mentioned Allah's Apostle saying that he was neither a
Fahish nor a Mutafahish. Abdullah bin 'Amr added, Allah's Apostle said, 'The
best among you are those who have the best manners and character.'

'Aisha said that the Jews came to the Prophet and said, "As-Samu 'Alaikum"
(death be on you). 'Aisha said (to them), "(Death) be on you, and may Allah
curse you and shower His wrath upon you!" The Prophet said, "Be calm, O 'Aisha
! You should be kind and lenient, and beware of harshness and Fuhsh (i.e. bad
words)." She said (to the Prophet), "Haven't you heard what they (Jews) have
said?" He said, "Haven't you heard what I have said (to them)? I said the same
to them, and my invocation against them will be accepted while theirs against
me will be rejected (by Allah). "

A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet. When the Prophet saw him,
he said, "What an evil brother of his tribe! And what an evil son of his
tribe!" When that man sat down, the Prophet behaved with him in a nice and
polite manner and was completely at ease with him. When that person had left,
'Aisha said (to the Prophet). "O Allah's Apostle! When you saw that man, you
said so-and-so about him, then you showed him a kind and polite behavior, and
you enjoyed his company?" Allah's Apostle said, "O 'Aisha! Have you ever seen
me speaking a bad and dirty language? (Remember that) the worst people in
Allah's sight on the Day of Resurrection will be those whom the people leave
(undisturbed) to be away from their evil (deeds)."

The Prophet was the best among the people (both in shape and character) and
was the most generous of them, and was the bravest of them. Once, during the
night, the people of Medina got afraid (of a sound). So the people went
towards that sound, but the Prophet having gone to that sound before them, met
them while he was saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." (At that time)
he was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talha and it was naked without a
saddle, and he was carrying a sword slung at his neck. The Prophet said, "I
found it (the horse) like a sea, or, it is the sea indeed."

We were sitting with 'Abdullah bin 'Amr who was narrating to us (Hadith):
He said, "Allah's Apostle was neither a Fahish nor a Mutafahhish, and he used
to say, 'The best among you are the best in character (having good manners)."'

Sahl bin Sa'd said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet.
Sahl asked the people, "Do you know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It
is a 'Shamla', a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Allah's Apostle! I
have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet took it because he
was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing
it, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet said,
"Yes." (and gave him that sheet). When the Prophet left, the man was blamed by
his companions who said, "It was not nice on your part to ask the Prophet for
it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also
know that he (the Prophet) never turns down anybody's request that he might be
asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet
had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded in it."

Allah's Apostle said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease,
and miserliness will be thrown (in the hearts of the people), and the Harj
(will increase)." They asked, "What is the Harj?" He replied, "(It is) killing
(murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).

The Prophet said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel saying: 'Allah
loves so and so; O Gabriel, love him.' Gabriel would love him, and then
Gabriel would make an announcement among the residents of the Heaven, 'Allah
loves so-and-so, therefore, you should love him also.' So, all the residents
of the Heavens would love him and then he is granted the pleasure of the
people of the earth."

The Prophet said, "None will have the sweetness (delight) of Faith (a) till
he loves a person and loves him only for Allah's sake, (b) and till it becomes
dearer to him to be thrown in the fire than to revert to disbelief
(Heathenism) after Allah has brought him out of it, (c) and till Allah and His
Apostle become dearer to him than anything else."

The Prophet forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How
does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he
may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave"

The Prophet said at Mina, "Do you know what day is today?" They (the
people) replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better," He said "Today is 10th
of Dhul-Hijja, the sacred (forbidden) day. Do you know what town is this
town?" They (the people) replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He
said, "This is the (forbidden) Sacred town (Mecca a sanctuary)." And do you
know which month is this month?" They (the People) replied, "Allah and His
Apostle know better." He said, ''This is the Sacred (forbidden) month ." He
added, "Allah has made your blood, your properties and your honor Sacred to
one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours in this
month of yours, in this town of yours." (See Hadith No. 797, Vol. 2.)

That he heard the Prophet saying, "If somebody accuses another of Fusuq (by
calling him 'Fasiq' i.e. a wicked person) or accuses him of Kufr, such an
accusation will revert to him (i.e. the accuser) if his companion (the
accused) is innocent."

Allah's Apostle was neither a Fahish (one who had a bad tongue) nor a
Sabbaba (one who abuses others) and he used to say while admonishing somebody,
"What is wrong with him? May dust be on his forehead!"

(who was one of the companions who gave the pledge of allegiance to the
Prophet underneath the tree (Al-Hudaibiya)) Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever
swears by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if somebody swears by saying that
he is a non-Muslim e.g., a Jew or a Christian, etc.) in case he is telling a
lie, he is really so if his oath is false, and a person is not bound to
fulfill a vow about a thing which he does not possess. And if somebody commits
suicide with anything in this world, he will be tortured with that very thing
on the Day of Resurrection; And if somebody curses a believer, then his sin
will be as if he murdered him; And whoever accuses a believer of Kufr
(disbelief), then it is as if he killed him."

A man from the companions of the Prophet said, "Two men abused each other
in front of the Prophet and one of them became angry and his anger became so
intense that his face became swollen and changed. The Prophet said, "I know a
word the saying of which will cause him to relax if he does say it." Then a
man went to him and informed him of the statement of the Prophet and said,
"Seek refuge with Allah from Satan." On that, angry man said, 'Do you find
anything wrong with me? Am I insane? Go away!"

Allah's Apostle went out to inform the people about the (date of the Night
of decree (Al-Qadr). There happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The
Prophet said, "I came out to inform you about the Night of Al-Qadr, but as
so-and-so and so-and-so quarrelled, so the news about it had been taken away;
and may be it was better for you. So look for it in the ninth, the seventh, or
the fifth (of the last ten days of Ramadan)."

I saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a
Burd, so I said (to Abu Dhar), "If you take this (Burda of your slave) and
wear it (along with yours), you will have a nice suit (costume) and you may
give him another garment." Abu Dhar said, "There was a quarrel between me and
another man whose mother was a non-Arab and I called her bad names. The man
mentioned (complained about) me to the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Did you
abuse so-and-so?" I said, "Yes" He said, "Did you call his mother bad names?"
I said, "Yes". He said, "You still have the traits of (the Pre-lslamic period
of) ignorance." I said. "(Do I still have ignorance) even now in my old age?"
He said, "Yes, they (slaves or servants) are your brothers, and Allah has put
them under your command. So the one under whose hand Allah has put his
brother, should feed him of what he eats, and give him dresses of what he
wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all
he asks him to do a hard task, he should help him therein."

The Prophet led us in the Zuhr prayer, offering only two Rakat and then
(finished it) with Taslim, and went to a piece of wood in front of the mosque
and put his hand over it. Abu Bakr and 'Umar were also present among the
people on that day but dared not talk to him (about his unfinished prayer).
And the hasty people went away, wondering. "Has the prayer been shortened"
Among the people there was a man whom the Prophet used to call Dhul-Yadain
(the longarmed). He said, "O Allah's Prophet! Have you forgotten or has the
prayer been shortened?" The Prophet said, "Neither have I forgotten, nor has
it been shortened." They (the people) said, "Surely, you have forgotten, O
Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, Dhul-Yadain has told the truth." So the
Prophet got up and offered other two Rakat and finished his prayer with
Taslim. Then he said Takbir, performed a prostration of ordinary duration or
longer, then he raised his head and said Takbir and performed another
prostration of ordinary duration or longer and then raised his head and said
Takbir (i.e. he performed the two prostrations of Sahu, i.e., forgetfulness)."

Allah's Apostle passed by two graves and said, "Both of them (persons in
the grave) are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a major
sin. This one used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and
the other used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse
hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says
about him such-and-such evil things). The Prophet then asked for a green leaf
of a date-palm tree, split it into two pieces and planted one on each grave
and said, "It is hoped that their punishment may be abated till those two
pieces of the leaf get dried." (See Hadith No 215, Vol 1).

A man asked permission to enter upon Allah's Apostle. The Prophet said,
"Admit him. What an evil brother of his people or a son of his people." But
when the man entered, the Prophet spoke to him in a very polite manner. (And
when that person left) I said, "O Allah's Apostle! You had said what you had
said, yet you spoke to him in a very polite manner?" The Prophet said, "O
'Aisha! The worst people are those whom the people desert or leave in order to
save themselves from their dirty language or from their transgression."

Once the Prophet went through the grave-yards of Medina and heard the
voices of two humans who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet
said, "They are being punished, but they are not being punished because of a
major sin, yet their sins are great. One of them used not to save himself from
(being soiled with) the urine, and the other used to go about with calumnies
(Namima)." Then the Prophet asked for a green palm tree leaf and split it into
two pieces and placed one piece on each grave, saying, "I hope that their
punishment may be abated as long as these pieces of the leaf are not dried."

Once Allah's Apostle divided and distributed (the war booty). An Ansar man
said, "By Allah ! Muhammad, by this distribution, did not intend to please
Allah." So I came to Allah's Apostle and informed him about it whereupon his
face became changed with anger and he said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on
Moses for he was hurt with more than this, yet he remained patient."

A man was mentioned before the Prophet and another man praised him greatly
The Prophet said, "May Allah's Mercy be on you ! You have cut the neck of your
friend." The Prophet repeated this sentence many times and said, "If it is
indispensable for anyone of you to praise someone, then he should say, 'I
think that he is so-and-so," if he really thinks that he is such. Allah is the
One Who will take his accounts (as He knows his reality) and no-one can
sanctify anybody before Allah." (Khalid said, "Woe to you," instead of
"Allah's Mercy be on you.")

that his father said; "When Allah's Apostle mentioned wh at he mentioned
about (the hanging of) the Izar (waist sheet), Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's
Apostle! My Izar slackens on one side (without my intention)." The Prophet
said, "You are not among those (who, out of pride) drag their Izars behind
them."

The Prophet continued for such-and-such period imagining that he has slept
(had sexual relations) with his wives, and in fact he did not. One day he
said, to me, "O 'Aisha! Allah has instructed me regarding a matter about which
I had asked Him. There came to me two men, one of them sat near my feet and
the other near my head. The one near my feet, asked the one near my head
(pointing at me), 'What is wrong with this man? The latter replied, 'He is
under the effect of magic.' The first one asked, 'Who had worked magic on
him?' The other replied, 'Lubaid bin Asam.' The first one asked, 'What
material (did he use)?' The other replied, 'The skin of the pollen of a male
date tree with a comb and the hair stuck to it, kept under a stone in the well
of Dharwan."' Then the Prophet went to that well and said, "This is the same
well which was shown to me in the dream. The tops of its date-palm trees look
like the heads of the devils, and its water looks like the Henna infusion."
Then the Prophet ordered that those things be taken out. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Won't you disclose (the magic object)?" The Prophet said, "Allah has
cured me and I hate to circulate the evil among the people." 'Aisha added,
"(The magician) Lubaid bin Asam was a man from Bani Zuraiq, an ally of the
Jews."

The Prophet said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false
tales; and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be
jealous of one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one
another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's worshipers! Be brothers
(as Allah has ordered you!")

Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of
one another, and do not desert each other, and O, Allah's worshipers! Be
brothers. Lo! It is not permissible for any Muslim to desert (not talk to) his
brother (Muslim) for more than three days."

Allah's Apostle said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of
false tales. and do not look for the others' faults, and do not do spying on
one another, and do not practice Najsh, and do not be jealous of one another
and do not hate one another, and do not desert (stop talking to) one another.
And O, Allah's worshipers! Be brothers!"

I heard Allah's Apostle saying. "All the sins of my followers will be
forgiven except those of the Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or
disclose their sins to the people). An example of such disclosure is that a
person commits a sin at night and though Allah screens it from the public,
then he comes in the morning, and says, 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such
(evil) deed yesterday,' though he spent his night screened by his Lord (none
knowing about his sin) and in the morning he removes Allah's screen from
himself."

A man asked Ibn 'Umar, "What did you hear Allah's Apostle saying regarding
An-Najwa (secret talk between Allah and His believing worshipper on the Day of
Judgment)?" He said, "(The Prophet said), "One of you will come close to his
Lord till He will shelter him in His screen and say: Did you commit
such-and-such sin? He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say: Did you commit
such and such sin? He will say, 'Yes.' So Allah will make him confess (all his
sins) and He will say, 'I screened them (your sins) for you in the world, and
today I forgive them for you."'

Al-Khuzai: The Prophet said, "Shall I inform you about the people of
Paradise? They comprise every obscure unimportant humble person, and if he
takes Allah's Oath that he will do that thing, Allah will fulfill his oath (by
doing that). Shall I inform you about the people of the Fire? They comprise
every cruel, violent, proud and conceited person." Anas bin Malik said, "Any
of the female slaves of Medina could take hold of the hand of Allah's Apostle
and take him wherever she wished."

(the wife of the Prophet) that she was told that 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair
(on hearing that she was selling or giving something as a gift) said, "By
Allah, if 'Aisha does not give up this, I will declare her incompetent to
dispose of her wealth." I said, "Did he ('Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) say so?"
They (people) said, "Yes." 'Aisha said, "I vow to Allah that I will never
speak to Ibn Az-Zubair." When this desertion lasted long, 'Abdullah bin
Az-Zubair sought intercession with her, but she said, "By Allah, I will not
accept the intercession of anyone for him, and will not commit a sin by
breaking my vow." When this state of affairs was prolonged on Ibn Az-Zubair
(he felt it hard on him), he said to Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth, who were from the tribe of Bani Zahra, "I
beseech you, by Allah, to let me enter upon 'Aisha, for it is unlawful for her
to vow to cut the relation with me." So Al-Miswar and 'Abdur-Rahman, wrapping
their sheets around themselves, asked 'Aisha's permission saying, "Peace and
Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you! Shall we come in?" 'Aisha said, "Come
in." They said, "All of us?" She said, "Yes, come in all of you," not knowing
that Ibn Az-Zubair was also with them. So when they entered, Ibn Az-Zubair
entered the screened place and got hold of 'Aisha and started requesting her
to excuse him, and wept. Al-Miswar and 'Abdur Rahman also started requesting
her to speak to him and to accept his repentance. They said (to her), "The
Prophet forbade what you know of deserting (not speaking to your Muslim
Brethren), for it is unlawful for any Muslim not to talk to his brother for
more than three nights (days)." So when they increased their reminding her (of
the superiority of having good relation with Kith and kin, and of excusing
others' sins), and brought her down to a critical situation, she started
reminding them, and wept, saying, "I have made a vow, and (the question of)
vow is a difficult one." They (Al-Miswar and 'Abdur-Rahman) persisted in their
appeal till she spoke with 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and she manumitted forty
slaves as an expiation for her vow. Later on, whenever she remembered her vow,
she used to weep so much that her veil used to become wet with her tears.

Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate one another, nor be jealous of one
another; and do not desert one another, but O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers!
And it is unlawful for a Muslim to desert his brother Muslim (and not to talk
to him) for more than three nights."

Allah's Apostle said, "It is not lawful for a man to desert his brother
Muslim for more than three nights. (It is unlawful for them that) when they
meet, one of them turns his face away from the other, and the other turns his
face from the former, and the better of the two will be the one who greets the
other first."

Allah's Apostle said, " I know whether you are angry or pleased." I said,
"How do you know that, Allah's Apostle?" He said, "When you are pleased, you
say, "Yes, by the Lord of Muhammad,' but when you are angry, you say, 'No, by
the Lord of Abraham!' " I said, "Yes, I do not leave, except your name."

(the wife of the Prophet) "I do not remember my parents believing in any
religion other than the Religion (of Islam), and our being visited by Allah's
Apostle in the morning and in the evening. One day, while we were sitting in
the house of Abu Bakr (my father) at noon, someone said, 'This is Allah's
Apostle coming at an hour at which he never used to visit us.' Abu Bakr said,
'There must be something very urgent that has brought him at this hour.' The
Prophet said, 'I have been allowed to go out (of Mecca) to migrate.' "

Allah's Apostle visited a household among the Ansars, and he took a meal
with them. When he intended to leave, he asked for a place in that house for
him, to pray so a mat sprinkled with water was put and he offered prayer over
it, and invoked for Allah's Blessing upon them (his hosts).

'Umar saw a silken cloak over a man (for sale) so he took it to the Prophet
and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Buy this and wear it when the delegate come to
you.' He said, 'The silk is worn by one who will have no share (in the
Here-after).' Some time passed after this event, and then the Prophet sent a
(similar) cloak to him. 'Umar brought that cloak back to the Prophet and said,
'You have sent this to me, and you said about a similar one what you said?'
The Prophet said, 'I have sent it to you so that you may get money by selling
it.' Because of this, Ibn 'Umar used to hate the silken markings on the
garments.

When 'Abdur-Rahman came to us, the Prophet established a bond of
brotherhood between him and Sa'd bin Ar-Rabi'. Once the Prophet said, "As you
(O 'Abdur-Rahman) have married, give a wedding banquet even if with one
sheep."

I said to Anas bin Malik, "Did it reach you that the Prophet said, "There
is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam'?" Anas said, "The Prophet made a treaty
(of brotherhood) between the Ansar and the Quraish in my home."

Rifa'a Al-Qurazi divorced his wife irrevocably (i.e. that divorce was the
final). Later on 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair married her after him. She came
to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I was Rifa'a's wife and he
divorced me thrice, and then I was married to 'Abdur-Rahman bin AzZubair, who,
by Allah has nothing with him except something like this fringe, O Allah's
Apostle," showing a fringe she had taken from her covering sheet. Abu Bakr was
sitting with the Prophet while Khalid Ibn Said bin Al-As was sitting at the
gate of the room waiting for admission. Khalid started calling Abu Bakr, "O
Abu Bakr! Why don't you reprove this lady from what she is openly saying
before Allah's Apostle?" Allah's Apostle did nothing except smiling, and then
said (to the lady), "Perhaps you want to go back to Rifa'a? No, (it is not
possible), unless and until you enjoy the sexual relation with him ('Abdur
Rahman), and he enjoys the sexual relation with you."

'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked permission of Allah's Apostle to see him while
some Quraishi women were sitting with him and they were asking him to give
them more financial support while raising their voices over the voice of the
Prophet. When 'Umar asked permission to enter, all of them hurried to screen
themselves the Prophet admitted 'Umar and he entered, while the Prophet was
smiling. 'Umar said, "May Allah always keep you smiling, O Allah's Apostle!
Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you !" The Prophet said, "I am
astonished at these women who were with me. As soon as they heard your voice,
they hastened to screen themselves." 'Umar said, "You have more right, that
they should be afraid of you, O Allah's Apostle!" And then he ('Umar) turned
towards them and said, "O enemies of your souls! You are afraid of me and not
of Allah's Apostle?" The women replied, "Yes, for you are sterner and harsher
than Allah's Apostle." Allah's Apostle said, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in
Whose Hands my life is, whenever Satan sees you taking a way, he follows a way
other than yours!"

When Allah Apostle was in Ta'if (trying to conquer it), he said to his
companions, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." Some of the
companions of Allah's Apostle said, "We will not leave till we conquer it."
The Prophet said, "Therefore, be ready to fight tomorrow." On the following
day, they (Muslims) fought fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered
many wounds. Then Allah's Apostle said, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina),
if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time. Allah's Apostle then
smiled.

A man came to the Prophet and said, "I have been ruined for I have had
sexual relation with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting)" The Prophet
said (to him), "Manumit a slave." The man said, " I cannot afford that." The
Prophet said, "(Then) fast for two successive months continuously". The man
said, "I cannot do that." The Prophet said, "(Then) feed sixty poor persons."
The man said, "I have nothing (to feed them with)." Then a big basket full of
dates was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Where is the questioner?
Go and give this in charity." The man said, "(Shall I give this in charity) to
a poorer person than l? By Allah, there is no family in between these two
mountains (of Medina) who are poorer than we." The Prophet then smiled till
his premolar teeth became visible, and said, "Then (feed) your (family with
it).

While I was going along with Allah's Apostle who was wearing a Najrani Burd
(sheet) with a thick border, a bedouin overtook the Prophet and pulled his
Rida' (sheet) forcibly. I looked at the side of the shoulder of the Prophet
and noticed that the edge of the Rida' had left a mark on it because of the
violence of his pull. The bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Order for me some of
Allah's property which you have." The Prophet turned towards him, (smiled) and
ordered that he be given something.

The Prophet did not screen himself from me (had never prevented me from
entering upon him) since I embraced Islam, and whenever he saw me, he would
receive me with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit firm on horses.
He stroked me on the chest with his hand, and said, "O Allah! Make him firm
and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man.

Um Sulaim said, "O Allah's Apostle! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling
you) the truth. Is it essential for a woman to take a bath after she had a wet
dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" He said, "Yes, if she notices discharge.
On that Um Salama laughed and said, "Does a woman get a (nocturnal sexual)
discharge?" He said, "How then does (her) son resemble her (his mother)?"

A man came to the Prophet on a Friday while he (the Prophet) was delivering
a sermon at Medina, and said, "There is lack of rain, so please invoke your
Lord to bless us with the rain." The Prophet looked at the sky when no cloud
could be detected. Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering
together and it rained till the Medina valleys started flowing with water. It
continued raining till the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man)
stood up while the Prophet was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are
drowned; Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The Prophet
smiled and said twice or thrice, "O Allah! Please let it rain round about us
and not upon us." The clouds started dispersing over Medina to the right and
to the left, and it rained round about Medina and not upon Medina. Allah
showed them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet and His response to his
invocation.

The Prophet said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness
leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a
truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing),
and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on
telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar."

Allah's Apostle said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie; and whenever he promises, he breaks his promise; and
whenever he is entrusted, he betrays (proves to be dishonest)".

The Prophet said, "I saw (in a dream), two men came to me." Then the
Prophet narrated the story (saying), "They said, 'The person, the one whose
cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a liar and used
to tell lies and the people would report those lies on his authority till they
spread all over the world. So he will be punished like that till the Day of
Resurrection."'

From among the people, Ibn Um 'Abd greatly resembled Allah's Apostles in
solemn gate and good appearance of piety and in calmness and sobriety from the
time he goes out of his house till he returns to it. But we do not know how he
behaves with his family when he is alone with them.

The Prophet divided and distributed something as he used to do for some of
his distributions. A man from the Ansar said, "By Allah, in this division the
pleasure of Allah has not been intended." I said, "I will definitely tell this
to the Prophet ." So I went to him while he was sitting with his companions
and told him of it secretly. That was hard upon the Prophet and the color of
his face changed, and he became so angry that I wished I had not told him. The
Prophet then said, "Moses was harmed with more than this, yet he remained
patient."

The Prophet did something and allowed his people to do it, but some people
refrained from doing it. When the Prophet learned of that, he delivered a
sermon, and after having sent Praises to Allah, he said, "What is wrong with
such people as refrain from doing a thing that I do? By Allah, I know Allah
better than they, and I am more afraid of Him than they."

The Prophet said, "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if
he swears by saying that he is a non-Muslim in case he is telling a lie), then
he is as he says if his oath is false and whoever commits suicide with
something, will be punished with the same thing in the (Hell) fire, and
cursing a believer is like murdering him, and whoever accuses a believer of
disbelief, then it is as if he had killed him."

Mu'adh bin Jabal used to pray with the Prophet and then go to lead his
people in prayer. Once he led the people in prayer and recited
Surat-al-Baqara. A man left (the row of the praying people) and offered
(light) prayer (separately) and went away. When Mu'adh came to know about it,
he said. "He (that man) is a hypocrite." Later that man heard what Mu'adh said
about him, so he came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are
people who work with our own hands and irrigate (our farms) with our camels.
Last night Mu'adh led us in the (night) prayer and he recited Sura-al-Baqara,
so I offered my prayer separately, and because of that, he accused me of being
a hypocrite." The Prophet called Mu'adh and said thrice, "O Mu'adh! You are
putting the people to trials? Recite 'Wash-shamsi wad-uhaha' (91) or'Sabbih
isma Rabbi ka-l-A'la' (87) or the like."

Allah's Apostle said: "Whoever amongst you swears, (saying by error) in his
oath 'By Al-Lat and Al-Uzza', then he should say, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah.' And whoever says to his companions, 'Come let me
gamble' with you, then he must give something in charity (as an expiation for
such a sin)." (See Hadith No. 645)

that he found 'Umar bin Al-Khattab in a group of people and he was swearing
by his father. So Allah's Apostle called them, saying, "Verily! Allah forbids
you to swear by your fathers. If one has to take an oath, he should swear by
Allah or otherwise keep quiet."

The Prophet entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of
animals) in the house. His face got red with anger, and then he got hold of
the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet said, "Such people as paint
these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection
."

A man came to the Prophet and said "I keep away from the morning prayer
only because such and such person prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it.
The narrator added: I had never seen Allah's Apostle more furious in giving
advice than he was on that day. He said, "O people! There are some among you
who make others dislike good deeds) cause the others to have aversion (to
congregational prayers). Beware! Whoever among you leads the people in prayer
should not prolong it, because among them there are the sick, the old, and the
needy." (See Hadith No. 670, Vol 1)

While the Prophet was praying, he saw sputum (on the wall) of the mosque,
in the direction of the Qibla, and so he scraped it off with his hand, and the
sign of disgust (was apparent from his face) and then said, "Whenever anyone
of you is in prayer, he should not spit in front of him (in prayer) because
Allah is in front of him."

A man asked Allah's Apostle about "Al-Luqata" (a lost fallen purse or a
thing picked up by somebody). The Prophet said, "You should announce it
publicly for one year, and then remember and recognize the tying material of
its container, and then you can spend it. If its owner came to you, then you
should pay him its equivalent." The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about a
lost sheep?" The Prophet said, "Take it because it is for you, for your
brother, or for the wolf." The man again said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about
a lost camel?" Allah's Apostle became very angry and furious and his cheeks
became red (or his face became red), and he said, "You have nothing to do with
it (the camel) for it has its food and its water container with it till it
meets its owner."

Allah's Apostle made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle
came out (of his house) and prayed in it. Some men came and joined him in his
prayer. Then again the next night they came for the prayer, but Allah's
Apostle delayed and did not come out to them. So they raised their voices and
knocked the door with small stones (to draw his attention). He came out to
them in a state of anger, saying, "You are still insisting (on your deed, i.e.
Tarawih prayer in the mosque) that I thought that this prayer (Tarawih) might
become obligatory on you. So you people, offer this prayer at your homes, for
the best prayer of a person is the one which he offers at home, except the
compulsory (congregational) prayer."

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet while we were sitting
with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became
red. The Prophet said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will
cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with
Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't
you hear what the Prophet is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."

A man said to the Prophet , "Advise me! "The Prophet said, "Do not become
angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet
said in each case, "Do not become angry and furious."

'Imran bin Husain said, "The Prophet said, 'Haya' does not bring anything
except good." Thereupon Bashir bin Ka'b said, 'It is written in the wisdom
paper: Haya leads to solemnity; Haya leads to tranquility (peace of mind)."
'Imran said to him, "I am narrating to you the saying of Allah's Apostle and
you are speaking about your paper (wisdom book)?"

The Prophet passed by a man who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya
and was saying, "You are very shy, and I am afraid that might harm you." On
that, Allah's Apostle said, "Leave him, for Haya is (a part) of Faith."

Um Sulaim came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Verily,
Allah does not feel shy to tell the truth. If a woman gets a nocturnal sexual
discharge (has a wet dream), is it essential for her to take a bath? He
replied, "Yes if she notices a discharge."

The Prophet said, "The example of a believer is like a green tree, the
leaves of which do not fall." The people said. "It is such-and-such tree: It
is such-and-such tree." I intended to say that it was the datepalm tree, but I
was a young boy and felt shy (to answer). The Prophet said, "It is the
date-palm tree." Ibn 'Umar added, " I told that to 'Umar who said, 'Had you
said it, I would have preferred it to such-and such a thing."

that he heard Anas saying, "A woman came to the Prophet offering herself to
him in marriage, saying, "Have you got any interest in me (i.e. would you like
to marry me?)" Anas's daughter said, "How shameless that woman was!" On that
Anas said, "She is better than you for, she presented herself to Allah's
Apostle (for marriage)."

that when Allah's Apostle sent him and Mu'adh bin Jabal to Yemen, he said
to them, "Facilitate things for the people (treat the people in the most
agreeable way), and do not make things difficult for them, and give them glad
tidings, and let them not have aversion (i.e. to make the people hate good
deeds) and you should both work in cooperation and mutual understanding, obey
each other." Abu Musa said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are in a land in which a
drink named Al Bit' is prepared from honey, and another drink named Al-Mizr is
prepared from barley." On that, Allah's Apostle said, "All intoxicants (i.e.
all alcoholic drinks) are prohibited."

Whenever Allah's Apostle was given the choice of one of two matters he
would choose the easier of the two as long as it was not sinful to do so, but
if it was sinful, he would not approach it. Allah's Apostle never took revenge
over anybody for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's legal bindings
were outraged, in which case he would take revenge for Allah's sake." (See
Hadith No. 760. Vol. 4)

We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up.
Then Abu Barza Al-Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let
his horse loose. The horse ran away, so Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and
went after the horse till he caught it and brought it, and then he offered his
prayer. There was a man amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a
different opinion. He came saying. "Look at this old man! He left his prayer
because of a horse." On that Abu Barza came to us and said, "Since the time I
left Allah's Apostle, nobody has admonished me; My house is very far from this
place, and if I had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have
reached my house till night." Then Abu Barza mentioned that he had been in the
company of the Prophet, and that he had seen his leniency.

A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him.
Allah's Apostle ordered them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler
(full) of water over the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet then
said, " You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have
not been sent to make things difficult for them."

I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl
friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my
dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them
to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is
forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little
girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)

A man asked permission to see the Prophet. He said, "Let Him come in; What
an evil man of the tribe he is! (Or, What an evil brother of the tribe he
is)."

But when he entered, the Prophet spoke to him gently in a polite manner. I
said to him, "O Allah's Apostle! You have said what you have said, then you
spoke to him in a very gentle and polite manner? The Prophet said, "The worse
people, in the sight of Allah are those whom the people leave (undisturbed) to
save themselves from their dirty language."

The Prophet was given a gift of a few silken cloaks with gold buttons. He
distributed them amongst some of his companions and put aside one of them for
Makhrama. When Makhrama came, the Prophet said, "I kept this for you." (Aiyub,
the sub-narrator held his garment to show how the Prophet showed the cloak to
Makhrama who had something unfavorable about his temper.)

Allah's Apostle entered upon me and said, "Have I not been informed that
you offer prayer all the night and fast the whole day?" I said, "Yes." He
said, "Do not do so; Offer prayer at night and also sleep; Fast for a few days
and give up fasting for a few days because your body has a right on you, and
your eye has a right on you, and your guest has a right on you, and your wife
has a right on you. I hope that you will have a long life, and it is
sufficient for you to fast for three days a month as the reward of a good
deed, is multiplied ten times, that means, as if you fasted the whole year." I
insisted (on fasting more) so I was given a hard instruction. I said, "I can
do more than that (fasting)" The Prophet said, "Fast three days every week."
But as I insisted (on fasting more) so I was burdened. I said, "I can fast
more than that." The Prophet said, "Fast as Allah's prophet David used to
fast." I said, "How was the fasting of the prophet David?" The Prophet said,
"One half of a year (i.e. he used to fast on alternate days). '

Allah's Apostle said, Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should
serve his guest generously. The guest's reward is: To provide him with a
superior type of food for a night and a day and a guest is to be entertained
with food for three days, and whatever is offered beyond that, is regarded as
something given in charity. And it is not lawful for a guest to stay with his
host for such a long period so as to put him in a critical position."

The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not
hurt his neighbor and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve
his guest generously and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should
talk what is good or keep quiet."

We said, "O Allah's Apostle! You send us out and it happens that we have to
stay with such people as do not entertain us. What do you think about it?"
Allah's Apostle said to us, "If you stay with some people and they entertain
you as they should for a guest, accept is; but if they do not do then you
should take from them the right of the guest, which they ought to give."

The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve
his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should
unite the bond of kinship (i.e. keep good relation with his Kith and kin); and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should talk what is good or keep
quit. "

The Prophet established a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu
Darda'. Salman paid a visit to Abu ad-Darda and found Um Ad-Darda' dressed in
shabby clothes and asked her why she was in that state.?" She replied, "Your
brother, Abu Ad-Darda is not interested in the luxuries of this world." In the
meantime Abu Ad-Darda came and prepared a meal for him (Salman), and said to
him, "(Please) eat for I am fasting." Salman said, "I am not going to eat,
unless you eat." So Abu Ad-Darda' ate. When it was night, Abu Ad-Darda' got up
(for the night prayer). Salman said (to him), "Sleep," and he slept. Again
Abu-Ad-Darda' got up (for the prayer), and Salman said (to him), "Sleep." When
it was the last part of the night, Salman said to him, "Get up now (for the
prayer)." So both of them offered their prayers and Salman said to Abu
Ad-Darda',"Your Lord has a right on you; and your soul has a right on you; and
your family has a right on you; so you should give the rights of all those who
have a right on you). Later on Abu Ad-Darda' visited the Prophet and mentioned
that to him. The Prophet, said, "Salman has spoken the truth."

Abu Bakr invited a group of people and told me, "Look after your guests."
Abu Bakr added, I am going to visit the Prophet and you should finish serving
them before I return." 'Abdur-Rahman said, So I went at once and served them
with what was available at that time in the house and requested them to eat."
They said, "Where is the owner of the house (i.e., Abu Bakr)?" 'Abdur-Rahman
said, "Take your meal." They said, "We will not eat till the owner of the
house comes." 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Accept your meal from us, for if my father
comes and finds you not having taken your meal yet, we will be blamed severely
by him, but they refused to take their meals . So I was sure that my father
would be angry with me. When he came, I went away (to hide myself) from him.
He asked, "What have you done (about the guests)?" They informed him the whole
story. Abu Bakr called, "O 'Abdur Rahman!" I kept quiet. He then called again.
"O 'Abdur-Rahman!" I kept quiet and he called again, "O ignorant (boy)! I
beseech you by Allah, if you hear my voice, then come out!" I came out and
said, "Please ask your guests (and do not be angry with me)." They said, "He
has told the truth; he brought the meal to us." He said, "As you have been
waiting for me, by Allah, I will not eat of it tonight." They said, "By Allah,
we will not eat of it till you eat of it." He said, I have never seen a night
like this night in evil. What is wrong with you? Why don't you accept your
meals of hospitality from us?" (He said to me), "Bring your meal." I brought
it to him, and he put his hand in it, saying, "In the name of Allah. The first
(state of fury) was because of Satan." So Abu Bakr ate and so did his guests.

Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with
the Prophet and when he came, my mother said (to him), "Have you been detained
from your guest or guests tonight?" He said, "Haven't you served the supper to
them?" She replied, "We presented the meal to him (or to them), but he (or
they) refused to eat." Abu Bakr became angry, rebuked me and invoked Allah to
cause (my) ears to be cut and swore not to eat of it!" I hid myself, and he
called me, "O ignorant (boy)!" Abu Bakr's wife swore that she would not eat of
it and so the guests or the guest swore that they would not eat of it till he
ate of it. Abu Bakr said, "All that happened was from Satan." So he asked for
the meals and ate of it, and so did they. Whenever they took a handful of the
meal, the meal grew (increased) from underneath more than that mouthful. He
said (to his wife), "O, sister of Bani Firas! What is this?" She said, "O,
pleasure of my eyes! The meal is now more than it had been before we started
eating'' So they ate of it and sent the rest of that meal to the Prophet. It
is said that the Prophet also ate of it.

'Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas'ud went to Khaibar and they
dispersed in the gardens of the date-palm trees. 'Abdullah bin Sahl was
murdered. Then 'Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisa and Muhaiyisa, the two sons
of Mas'ud, came to the Prophet and spoke about the case of their (murdered)
friend. 'Abdur-Rahman who was the youngest of them all, started talking. The
Prophet said, "Let the older (among you) speak first." So they spoke about the
case of their (murdered) friend. The Prophet said, "Will fifty of you take an
oath whereby you will have the right to receive the blood money of your
murdered man," (or said, "..your companion"). They said, "O Allah's Apostle!
The murder was a thing we did not witness." The Prophet said, "Then the Jews
will release you from the oath, if fifty of them (the Jews) should take an
oath to contradict your claim." They said, "O Allah's Apostle! They are
disbelievers (and they will take a false oath)." Then Allah's Apostle himself
paid the blood money to them.

Allah's Apostle said, "Inform me of a tree which resembles a Muslim, giving
its fruits at every season by the permission of its Lord, and the leaves of
which do not fall." I thought of the date-palm tree, but I disliked to speak
because Abu Bakr and 'Umar were present there. When nobody spoke, the Prophet
said, "It is the date-palm tree" When I came out with my father, I said, "O
father! It came to my mind that it was the date-palm tree." He said, "What
prevented you from saying it?" Had you said it, it would have been more dearer
to me than such-and-such a thing (fortune)." I said, "Nothing prevented me but
the fact that neither you nor Abu Bakr spoke, so I disliked to speak (in your
presence)."

We went out with Allah's Apostle to Khaibar and we travelled during the
night. A man amongst the people said to 'Amir bin Al-Aqwa', "Won't you let us
hear your poetry?" 'Amir was a poet, and so he got down and started (chanting
Huda) reciting for the people, poetry that keep pace with the camel's foot
steps, saying, "O Allah! Without You we would not have been guided on the
right path, neither would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed.
So please forgive us what we have committed. Let all of us be sacrificed for
Your cause and when we meet our enemy, make our feet firm and bestow peace and
calmness on us and if they (our enemy) will call us towards an unjust thing we
will refuse.

The infidels have made a hue and cry to ask others help against us. Allah's
Apostle said, "Who is that driver (of the camels)?" They said, "He is 'Amir
bin Al-Aqwa."' He said, "May Allah bestow His mercy on him." A man among the
people said, Has Martyrdom been granted to him, O Allah's Prophet! Would that
you let us enjoy his company longer." We reached (the people of) Khaibar and
besieged them till we were stricken with severe hunger but Allah helped the
Muslims conquer Khaibar. In the evening of its conquest the people made many
fires. Allah's Apostle asked, "What are those fires? For what are you making
fires?" They said, "For cooking meat." He asked, "What kind of meat?" They
said, "Donkeys' meat." Allah's Apostle said, "Throw away the meat and break
the cooking pots." A man said, O Allah's Apostle! Shall we throw away the meat
and wash the cooking pots?" He said, "You can do that too." When the army
files aligned in rows (for the battle), 'Amir's sword was a short one, and
while attacking a Jew with it in order to hit him, the sharp edge of the sword
turned back and hit 'Amir's knee and caused him to die.

When the Muslims returned (from the battle), Salama said, Allah's Apostle
saw me pale and said, 'What is wrong with you?"' I said, "Let my parents be
sacrificed for you! The people claim that all the deeds of Amir have been
annulled." The Prophet asked, "Who said so?" I replied, "So-and-so and
so-and-so and Usaid bin Al-Hudair Al-Ansari said, 'Whoever says so is telling
a lie. Verily, 'Amir will have double reward."' (While speaking) the Prophet
put two of his fingers together to indicate that, and added, "He was really a
hard-working man and a Mujahid (devout fighter in Allah's Cause) and rarely
have there lived in it (i.e., Medina or the battle-field) an "Arab like him."

The Prophet came to some of his wives among whom there was Um Sulaim, and
said, "May Allah be merciful to you, O Anjasha! Drive the camels slowly, as
they are carrying glass vessels!" Abu Qalaba said, "The Prophet said a
sentence (i.e. the above metaphor) which, had anyone of you said it, you would
have admonished him for it".

Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah's Apostle to lampoon the
pagans (in verse). Allah's Apostle said, "What about my fore-fathers
(ancestry)?' Hassan said (to the Prophet) "I will take you out of them as a
hair is taken out of dough."

Narrated Hisham bin 'Urwa that his father said, "I called Hassan with bad
names in front of 'Aisha." She said, "Don't call him with bad names because he
used to defend Allah's Apostle (against the pagans)."

that he heard Abu Huraira in his narration, mentioning that the Prophet
said, "A Muslim brother of yours who does not say dirty words." and by that he
meant Ibn Rawaha, "said (in verse): 'We have Allah's Apostle with us who
recites the Holy Qur'an in the early morning time. He gave us guidance and
light while we were blind and astray, so our hearts are sure that whatever he
says, will certainly happen. He does not touch his bed at night, being busy in
worshipping Allah while the pagans are sound asleep in their beds.' "

Allah, the brother of Abu Al-Qu'ais asked my permission to enter after the
verses of Al-Hijab (veiling the ladies) was revealed, and I said, "By Allah, I
will not admit him unless I take permission of Allah's Apostle for it was not
the brother of Al-Qu'ais who had suckled me, but it was the wife of Al-Qu'ais,
who had suckled me." Then Allah's Apostle entered upon me, and I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! The man has not nursed me but his wife has nursed me." He
said, "Admit him because he is your uncle (not from blood relation, but
because you have been nursed by his wife), Taribat Yaminuki." 'Urwa said,
"Because of this reason, ' Aisha used to say: Foster suckling relations render
all those things (marriages etc.) illegal which are illegal because of the
corresponding blood relations." (See Hadith No. 36, Vol. 7)

The Prophet intended to return home after the performance of the Hajj, and
he saw Safiya standing at the entrance of her tent, depressed and sad because
she got her menses. The Prophet said, "Aqra Halqa! --An expression used in the
Quraish dialect--"You will detain us." The Prophet then asked (her), "Did you
perform the Tawaf Al-Ifada on the Day of Sacrifice (10th of Dhul-Hijja)?" She
said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Then you can leave (with us)."

(the daughter of Abu Talib) I visited Allah's Apostle in the year of the
Conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath, and his daughter, Fatima was
screening him. When I greeted him, he said, "Who is it?" I replied, "I am Um
Hani, the daughter of Abu Talib." He said, "Welcome, O Um Hani ! " When the
Prophet had finished his bath, he stood up and offered eight Rakat of prayer
while he was wrapped in a single garment. When he had finished his prayer, I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! My maternal brother assumes (or claims) that he will
murder some man whom I have given shelter, i.e., so-and-so bin Hubaira."
Allah's Apostle said, "O Um Hani! We shelter him whom you have sheltered." Um
Hani added, "That happened in the forenoon."

The Prophet saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said (to
him). "Ride it." The man said, "It is a Bandana." The Prophet said, "Ride on
it." The man said, "It is a Bandana." The Prophet said, Ride on it, woe to
you!"

Allah's Apostle saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said
to him, "Ride on it." The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is a Bandana." The
Prophet said, "Ride on it, woe to you!" on the second or third time.

Allah's Apostle was on a journey and he had a black slave called Anjasha,
and he was driving the camels (very fast, and there were women riding on those
camels). Allah's Apostle said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you), O
Anjasha! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (women)!"

A man praised another man in front of the Prophet. The Prophet said thrice,
"Wailaka (Woe on you) ! You have cut the neck of your brother!" The Prophet
added, "If it is indispensable for anyone of you to praise a person, then he
should say, "I think that such-and-such person (is so-and-so), and Allah is
the one who will take his accounts (as he knows his reality) and none can
sanctify anybody before Allah (and that only if he knows well about that
person.)".

While the Prophet was distributing (war booty etc.) one day, Dhul
Khawaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Act
justly." The Prophets said, "Woe to you! Who else would act justly if I did
not act justly?" 'Umar said (to the Prophet ), "Allow me to chop his neck
off." The Prophet said, "No, for he has companions (who are apparently so
pious that) if anyone of (you compares his prayer with) their prayer, he will
consider his prayer inferior to theirs, and similarly his fasting inferior to
theirs, but they will desert Islam (go out of religion) as an arrow goes
through the victim's body (games etc.) in which case if its Nasl is examined
nothing will be seen thereon, and if its Nady is examined, nothing will be
seen thereon, and if its Qudhadh is examined, nothing will be seen thereon,
for the arrow has gone out too fast even for the excretions and blood to smear
over it. Such people will come out at the time of difference among the
(Muslim) people and the sign by which they will be recognized, will be a man
whose one of the two hands will look like the breast of a woman or a lump of
flesh moving loosely." Abu Said added, "I testify that I heard that from the
Prophet and also testify that I was with 'Ali when 'Ali fought against those
people. The man described by the Prophet was searched for among the killed,
and was found, and he was exactly as the Prophet had described him." (See
Hadith No. 807, Vol. 4)

A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am ruined!"
The Prophet said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you) !" The man said, "I
have done sexual intercourse with my wife while fasting in Ramadan." The
Prophet said, "Manumit a slave." The man said, " I cannot afford that. " The
Prophet said; "Then fast for two successive months." The man said, " I have no
power to do so." The Prophet said, "Then feed sixty poor persons." The man
said, "I have nothing (to feed sixty persons). Later a basket full of dates
were brought to the Prophet and he said (to the man), "Take it and give it in
charity." The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I give it to people other
than my family? By Him in Whose Hand my life is, there is nobody poorer than
me in the whole city of Medina." The Prophet smiled till his premolar teeth
became visible, and said, "Take it." Az-Zuhri said (that the Prophet said).
"Wailaka."

A bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! Inform me about the emigration." The
Prophet said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you)! The question of
emigration is a difficult one. Have you got some camels?" The bedouin said,
"Yes." The Prophet said, "Do you pay their Zakat?" He said, "Yes." The Prophet
said, "Go on doing like this from beyond the seas, for Allah will not let your
deeds go in vain."

The Prophet said, "Wailakum" (woe to you) or "waihakum" (May Allah be
merciful to you)." Shu'ba is not sure as to which was the right word. "Do not
become disbelievers after me by cutting the necks of one another."

A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! When will The
Hour be established?" The Prophet said, "Wailaka (Woe to you), What have you
prepared for it?" The bedouin said, "I have not prepared anything for it,
except that I love Allah and H is Apostle." The Prophet said, "You will be
with those whom you love." We (the companions of the Prophet ) said, "And will
we too be so? The Prophet said, "Yes." So we became very glad on that day. In
the meantime, a slave of Al-Mughira passed by, and he was of the same age as I
was. The Prophet said. "If this (slave) should live long, he will not reach
the geriatric old age, but the Hour will be established."

A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What do you say
about a man who loves some people but cannot catch up with their good deeds?"
Allah's Apostle said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves."

A man asked the Prophet "When will the Hour be established O Allah's
Apostle?" The Prophet . said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "
I haven't prepared for it much of prayers or fast or alms, but I love Allah
and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "You will be with those whom you love."

'Umar bin Al-Khattab set out with Allah's Apostle, and a group of his
companions to Ibn Saiyad. They found him playing with the boys in the fort or
near the Hillocks of Bani Maghala. Ibn Saiyad was nearing his puberty at that
time, and he did not notice the arrival of the Prophet till Allah's Apostle
stroked him on the back with his hand and said, "Do you testify that I am
Allah's Apostle?" Ibn Saiyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are
the Apostle of the unlettered ones (illiterates)". Then Ibn Saiyad said to the
Prophets . "Do you testify that I am Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet denied
that, saying, "I believe in Allah and all His Apostles," and then said to Ibn
Saiyad, "What do you see?" Ibn Saiyad said, "True people and liars visit me."
The Prophet said, "You have been confused as to this matter." Allah's Apostle
added, "I have kept something for you (in my mind)." Ibn Saiyad said,
"Ad-Dukh." The Prophet said, "Ikhsa (you should be ashamed) for you can not
cross your limits." 'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop off h is
neck." Allah's Apostle said (to Umar). "Should this person be him (i.e.
Ad-Dajjal) then you cannot over-power him; and should he be someone else, then
it will be no use your killing him." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar added: Later on
Allah's Apostle and Ubai bin Ka'b Al-Ansari (once again) went to the garden in
which Ibn Saiyad was present.

When Allah's Apostle entered the garden, he started hiding behind the
trunks of the date-palms intending to hear something from Ibn Saiyad before
the latter could see him. Ibn Saiyad was Lying on his bed, covered with a
velvet sheet from where his mumur were heard. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the
Prophet and said, "O Saf (the nickname of Ibn Saiyad)! Here is Muhammad!" Ibn
Saiyad stopped his murmuring. The Prophet said, "If his mother had kept quiet,
then I would have learnt more about him." 'Abdullah added: Allah's Apostle
stood up before the people (delivering a sermon), and after praising and
glorifying Allah as He deserved, he mentioned the Ad-Dajjal saying, "I warn
you against him, and there has been no prophet but warned his followers
against him. Noah warned his followers against him but I am telling you about
him, something which no prophet has told his people of, and that is: Know that
he is blind in one eye where as Allah is not so."

When the delegation of 'Abdul Qais came to the Prophet, he said, "Welcome,
O the delegation who have come! Neither you will have disgrace, nor you will
regret." They said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are a group from the tribe of
Ar-Rabi'a, and between you and us there is the tribe of Mudar and we cannot
come to you except in the sacred months. So please order us to do something
good (religious deeds) so that we may enter Paradise by doing that, and also
that we may order our people who are behind us (whom we have left behind at
home) to follow it." He said, "Four and four:" offer prayers perfectly , pay
the Zakat, (obligatory charity), fast the month of Ramadan, and give one-fifth
of the war booty (in Allah's cause), and do not drink in (containers called)
Ad-Duba,' Al-Hantam, An-Naqir and Al-Muzaffat."

The Prophet said, "For every betrayer (perfidious person), a flag will be
raised on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be announced (publicly) 'This
is the betrayal (perfidy) of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so.' "

Allah's Apostle said, "A flag will be fixed on the Day of Resurrection for
every betrayer, and it will be announced (publicly in front of everybody),
'This is the betrayal (perfidy) so-and-so, the son of so-and-so."

I never heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for you," except for Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas). I heard him saying,
"Throw! (arrows), Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you !" (The
sub-narrator added, "I think that was in the battle of Uhud.")

That he and Abu Talha were coming in the company of the Prophet towards
Medina), while Safiya (the Prophet's wife) was riding behind him on his
she-camel. After they had covered a portion of the way suddenly the foot of
the she-camel slipped and both the Prophet and the woman (i.e., his wife,
Safiya) fell down. Abu Talha jumped quickly off his camel and came to the
Prophet (saying.) "O Allah's Apostle! Let Allah sacrifice me for you! Have you
received any injury?" The Prophet said, "No, but take care of the woman (my
wife)." Abu Talha covered his face with his garment and went towards her and
threw his garment over her. Then the woman got up and Abu Talha prepared their
she camel (by tightening its saddle, etc.) and both of them (the Prophet and
Safiya) mounted it. Then all of them proceeded and when they approached near
Medina, or saw Medina, the Prophet said, "Ayibun,' abidun, taibun, liRabbina
hamidun (We are coming back (to Medina) with repentance, worshipping (our
Lord) and celebrating His (our Lord's) praises". The Prophet continued
repeating these words till he entered the city of Medina.

A boy was born for a man among us, and the man named him Al-Qasim. We said
to him, "We will not call you Abu-l-Qasim, nor will we respect you for that."
The Prophet was informed about that, and he said, "Name your son
'Abdur-Rahman."

A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said, "We
will not call him (i.e., the father) by that Kuniya (Abu-l-Qasim) till we ask
the Prophet about it. The Prophet said. "Name yourselves by my name, but do
not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya."

A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said (to
him), "We will not call you Abul-l-Qasim, nor will we please you by calling
you so." The man came to the Prophet and mentioned that to him. The Prophet
said to him, "Name your son 'Abdur-Rahman."

That his father (Hazn bin Wahb) went to the Prophet and the Prophet asked
(him), "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet said,
"You are Sahl." Hazn said, "I will not change the name with which my father
has named me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: We have had roughness (in character)
ever since.

When Al-Mundhir bin Abu Usaid was born, he was brought to the Prophet who
placed him on his thigh. While Abu Usaid was sitting there, the Prophet was
busy with something in his hands so Abu Usaid told someone to take his son
from the thigh of the Prophet . When the Prophet finished his job (with which
he was busy), he said, "Where is the boy?" Abu Usaid replied, "We have sent
him home." The Prophet said, "What is his name?" Abu Usaid said, "(His name
is) so-and-so. " The Prophet said, "No, his name is Al-Mundhir." So he called
him Al-Mundhir from that day.

That when his grandfather, Hazn visited the Prophet the Prophet said (to
him), "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet said, " But
you are Sahl." He said, "I will not change my name with which my father named
me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: So we have had roughness (in character) ever
since.

I asked Abi Aufa, "Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ?" He said,
"Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet after
Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is no Prophet after him."

Allah's Apostle said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not
call (yourselves) by my Kuniya (1), for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I
distribute among you Allah's blessings." This narration has also come on the
authority of Anas that the ! Prophet said so."

The Prophet said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name), but do not call
yourselves by my Kuniya, and whoever sees me in a dream, he surely sees me,
for Satan cannot impersonate me (appear in my figure). And whoever
intentionally ascribes something to me falsely, he will surely take his place
in the (Hell) Fire.

I got a son and I took him to the Prophet who named him Ibrahim, and put in
his mouth the juice of a date fruit (which be himself had chewed?, and invoked
for Allah's blessing upon him, and then gave him back to me. He was the eldest
son of Abii Musa.

(the wife the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "O Aisha! This is Gabriel
sending his greetings to you." I said, "Peace, and Allah's Mercy be on him."
'Aisha added: The Prophet used to see things which we used not to see.

Once Um Sulaim was (with the women who were) in charge of the luggage on a
journey, and Anjashah, the slave of the Prophet, was driving their camels
(very fast). The Prophet said, "O Anjash! Drive slowly (the camels) with the
glass vessels (i.e., ladies)."

The Prophet was the best of all the people in character. I had a brother
called Abu 'Umar, who, I think, had been newly weaned. Whenever he (that
child) was brought to the Prophet the Prophet used to say, "O Abu 'Umar! What
did Al-Nughair (nightingale) (do)?" It was a nightingale with which he used to
play. Sometimes the time of the Prayer became due while he (the Prophet) was
in our house. He would order that the carpet underneath him be swept and
sprayed with water, and then he would stand up (for the prayer) and we would
line up behind him, and he would lead us in prayer.

The most beloved names to 'Ali was Abu Turab, and he used to be pleased
when we called him by it, for none named him Abu Turab (for the first time),
but the Prophet. Once 'Ali got angry with (his wife) Fatima, and went out (of
his house) and slept near a wall in the mosque. The Prophet came searching for
him, and someone said, "He is there, Lying near the wall." The Prophet came to
him while his ('Ali's) back was covered with dust. The Prophet started
removing the dust from his back, saying, "Get up, O Abu Turab!"

The Prophet said, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight." Sufyan
said more than once, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight is (that
of) a man calling himself king of kings." Sufyan said, "Somebody else (i.e.
other than Abu Az-Zinad, a sub-narrator) says: What is meant by 'The king of
kings' is 'Shahan Shah.,"

That Allah's Apostle rode over a donkey covered with a Fadakiya (velvet
sheet) and Usama was riding behind him. He was visiting Sa'd bin 'Ubada (who
was sick) in the dwelling place of Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj and this
incident happened before the battle of Badr. They proceeded till they passed
by a gathering in which 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul was present., and that
was before 'Abdullah bin Ubat embraced Islam. In that gathering there were
Muslims, pagan idolators and Jews, and among the Muslims there was 'Abdullah
bin Rawaha.

When a cloud of dust raised by (the movement of ) the animal covered that
gathering, 'Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his garment and said, "Do
not cover us with dust." Allah's Apostle greeted them, stopped, dismounted and
invited them to Allah (i.e. to embrace Islam) and recited to them the Holy
Qur'an. On that 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul said to him, "O man! There is
nothing better than what you say, if it is the truth. So do not trouble us
with it in our gatherings, but if somebody comes to you, you can preach to
him." On that 'Abdullah bin Rawaha said "Yes, O Allah's Apostle! Call on us in
our gathering, for we love that." So the Muslims, the pagans and the Jews
started abusing one another till they were about to fight with one another.
Allah's Apostle kept on quietening them till all of them became quiet, and
then Allah's Apostle rode his animal and proceeded till he entered upon Sa'd
bin 'Ubada. Allah's Apostle said, "O Sa'd! Didn't you hear what Abu Habab
said?" (meaning 'Abdullah bin Unbar). "He said so-and-so." Sa'd bin Ubada
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Let my father be sacrificed for you ! Excuse and
forgive him for, by Him Who revealed to you the Book, Allah sent the Truth
which was revealed to you at the time when the people of this town had decided
to crown him ('Abdullah bin Ubai) as their ruler.

So when Allah had prevented that with the Truth He had given you, he was
choked by that, and that caused him to behave in such an impolite manner which
you had noticed." So Allah's Apostle excused him. (It was the custom of)
Allah's Apostle and his companions to excuse the pagans and the people of the
scripture (Christians and Jews) as Allah ordered them, and they used to be
patient when annoyed (by them). Allah said: 'You shall certainly hear much
that will grieve you from those who received the Scripture before you.....and
from the pagans (3.186)

He also said: 'Many of the people of the scripture wish that if they could
turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed. .... (2.109) So Allah's
Apostle used to apply what Allah had ordered him by excusing them till he was
allowed to fight against them. When Allah's Apostle had fought the battle of
Badr and Allah killed whomever He killed among the chiefs of the infidels and
the nobles of Quraish, and Allah's Apostle and his companions had returned
with victory and booty, bringing with them some of the chiefs of the infidels
and the nobles of the Quraish as captives. 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul and
the pagan idolators who were with him, said, "This matter (Islam) has now
brought out its face (triumphed), so give Allah's Apostle the pledge of
allegiance (for embracing Islam.)". Then they became Muslims.

Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib said, "O Allah's Apostle! Did you benefit Abu
Talib with anything as he used to protect and take care of you, and used to
become angry for you?" The Prophet said, "Yes, he is in a shallow place of
Fire. But for me he would have been in the lowest part of the Fire."

Once the Prophet was on one of his journeys, and the driver of the camels
started chanting (to let the camels go fast). The Prophet said to him. "(Take
care) Drive slowly with the glass vessels, O Anjasha! Waihaka (May Allah be
Merciful to you)."

The Prophet was on a journey and a slave named Anjasha was chanting
(singing) for the camels to let them go fast (while driving). The Prophet
said, "O Anjasha, drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels!" Abu
Qilaba said, "By the glass vessels' he meant the women (riding the camels)."

The Prophet had a Had (a camel driver) called Anjasha, and he had a nice
voice. The Prophet said to him, "(Drive) slowly, O Anjasha! Do not break the
glass vessels!" And Qatada said, "(By vessels') he meant the weak women."

There was a state of fear in Medina. Allah's Apostle rode a horse belonging
to Abu Talha (in order to see the matter). The Prophet said, "We could not see
anything, and we found that horse like a sea (fast in speed)."

Some people asked Allah's Apostle about the fore-tellers. Allah's Apostle
said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Allah's
Apostle ! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Allah's
Apostle said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away
by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound
similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies."

That he heard Allah's Apostle saying. "Then there was a pause in the
revelation of the Divine Inspiration to me. Then while I was walking all of a
sudden I heard a voice from the sky, and I raised my sight towards the sky and
saw the same angel who had visited me in the cave of Hira,' sitting on a chair
between the sky and the earth."

Once I stayed overnight at the house of Maimuna and the Prophet was there
with her. When it was the last third of the night, or some part of the night,
the Prophet got up looking towards the sky and recited: 'Verily! In the
creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of Night and
Day, there are indeed signs for men of u understanding.' (3.190)

That he was in the company of the Prophet in one of the gardens of Medina
and in the hand of the Prophet there was a stick, and he was striking (slowly)
the water and the mud with it. A man came (at the gate of the garden) and
asked permission to enter. The Prophet said, "Open the gate for him and give
him the glad tidings of entering Paradise. "I went, and behold! It was Abu
Bakr. So I opened the gate for him and informed him of the glad tidings of
entering Paradise. Then another man came and asked permission to enter. The
Prophet said, "Open the gate for him and give him the glad tidings of entering
Paradise." Behold! It was 'Umar. So I opened the gate for him and gave him the
glad tidings of entering Paradise. Then another man came and asked permission
to enter.

The Prophet was sitting in a leaning posture, so he sat up and said, "Open
the gate for him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise with a
calamity which will befall him or which will take place." I went, and behold !
It was Uthman. So I opened the gate for him and gave him the glad tidings of
entering Paradise and also informed him of what the Prophet had said (about a
calamity). 'Uthman said, "Allah Alone Whose Help I seek (against that
calamity).

We were with the Prophet in a funeral procession, and he started scraping
the ground with a small stick and said, "There is none amongst you but has
been assigned a place (either) in Paradise and (or) in the Hell-Fire." The
people said (to him), "Should we not depend upon it?" He said: carry on doing
(good) deeds, for everybody will find easy such deeds as will lead him to his
destined place. He then recited: "As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps
his duty to Allah.." (92.5)

(One night) the Prophet woke up and said, "Subhan Allah ! How many
treasures have been (disclosed) sent down! And how many afflictions have been
descended! Who will go and wake the sleeping lady-occupants up of these
dwellings (for praying)?" (He meant by this his wives.) The Prophet added, "A
well-dressed soul (person) in this world may be naked in the "Hereafter."
'Umar said, "I asked the Prophet, 'Have you divorced your wives?' He said,
'No.' I said, 'Allahu Akbar.' "

The wife of the Prophet that she went to Allah's Apostle while he was in
Itikaf (staying in the mosque) during the last ten nights of the month of
Ramadan. She spoke to him for an hour (a while) at night and then she got up
to return home. The Prophet got up to accompany her, and when they reached the
gate of the mosque opposite the dwelling place of Um Salama, the wife of the
Prophet, two Ansari men passed by, and greeting Allah's Apostle , they quickly
went ahead. Allah's Apostle said to them, "Do not be in a hurry She is Safiya,
the daughter of Huyai." They said, "Subhan Allah! O Allah's Apostle (how dare
we suspect you)." That was a great thing for both of them. The Prophet then
said, "Satan runs in the body of Adam's son (i.e. man) as his blood circulates
in it, and I was afraid that he (Satan) might insert an evil thought in your
hearts."

The Prophet forbade the throwing of stones (with the thumb and the index or
middle finger), and said "It neither hunts a game nor kills (or hurts) an
enemy, but it gouges out an eye or breaks a tooth."

Two men sneezed before the Prophet. The Prophet said to one of them, "May
Allah bestow His Mercy on you," but he did not say that to the other. On being
asked (why), the Prophet said, "That one praised Allah (at the time of
sneezing), while the other did not praise Allah."

The Prophet ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven
(other things): He ordered us to pay a visit to the sick, to follow funeral
possessions, to say: May Allah be merciful to you to a sneezer, - if he says:
Praise be to Allah, to accept invitation (invitation to a wedding banquet), to
return greetings, to help the oppressed, and to help others to fulfill their
oaths (provided it was not sinful). And he forbade us from seven (things): to
wear golden rings or golden bangles, to wear silk (cloth), Dibaj, Sundus and
Mayathir.

The Prophet said, "Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning, so if someone
sneezes and then praises Allah, then it is obligatory on every Muslim who
heard him, to say: May Allah be merciful to you (Yar-hamuka-l-lah). But as
regards yawning, it is from Satan, so one must try one's best to stop it, if
one says 'Ha' when yawning, Satan will laugh at him."

The Prophet said, " If anyone of you sneezes, he should say
'Al-Hamdulillah' (Praise be to Allah), and his (Muslim) brother or companion
should say to him, 'Yar-hamuka-l-lah' (May Allah bestow his Mercy on you).
When the latter says 'Yar-hamuka-llah", the former should say, 'Yahdikumul-lah
wa Yuslih balakum' (May Allah give you guidance and improve your condition)."

Two men sneezed before the Prophet and he said Tashmit to one of them,
while he did not say Tashmit to the other. So that man said, "O Allah's
Apostle! You said Tashmit to that fellow but you did not say Tashmit to me.
"The Prophet said, "That man praised Allah, but you did not praise Allah."

The Prophet said, "Allah loves sneezing but dislikes yawning; so if anyone
of you sneezes and then praises Allah, every Muslim who hears him (praising
Allah) has to say Tashmit to him. But as regards yawning, it is from Satan, so
if one of you yawns, he should try his best to stop it, for when anyone of you
yawns, Satan laughs at him."